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Cisco for the Long Term?

Dear Mr. Berko: What are your thoughts on Cisco Systems? I’ve bought 1,000 or more shares of Cisco at least 10 times in the past 10 years, sold them and

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Driverless Cars Ain’t Got No Soul

TAKING STOCK BY MALCOLM BERKO RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2016 Dear Mr. Berko: I think that the driverless car being developed by Apple is the car of the future and

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Speculating on Sarepta

Dear Mr. Berko: Starting in October, my stockbroker pitched a company called Sarepta Therapeutics. Apparently, it has developed a drug that could be a blockbuster in six months, and the

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Sneak Peek: Brightline station rises

The Brightline high-speed rail station in Fort Lauderdale is going vertical. Community leaders were invited Friday to “make their mark” at the Fort Lauderdale station by signing their initials in

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Yo ho, ho at the rum distillery

Avi Aisenberg used drive by hundreds of thousands of acres of sugar cane traveling to his family’s plastics recycling plant in South Bay, a small community along Lake Okeechobee. Now,

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Amazon the Disrupter

Dear Mr. Berko: Last December, I paid $692 a share for 300 shares of Amazon.com because my stockbroker said it would go to $1,000 and then split 5-for-1. It’s now

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Tale of Two Commerce Companies

Dear Mr. Berko: I’m trying to decide whether to invest $25,000 in 50 shares of Amazon or 300 shares of Alibaba Group. Which would you prefer and why? — MR:

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GlaxoSmithKline

Dear Mr. Berko: My broker has recommended that I invest $20,000 and buy 500 shares of GlaxoSmithKline, a world-class drug company. The dividend is $2.48 and that yields a very

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Mom & Co.

How mothers and their offspring come together to create thriving businesses By Martin Lenkowsky Sometimes it can be a challenge keeping one’s family and business life separate, especially if you

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Miami’s Mother

Do you know Miami has a mother? It does. In fact, Miami is widely viewed as the only major U.S. city founded by a woman.   Miami has celebrated its

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Fifth Third Bank and Water Utilities

Dear Mr. Berko: Last year, I bought 2,000 shares of Fifth Third Bank at $18. My stockbroker believed that it would be “an excellent long-term investment for growth and income,”

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What you get is what you think

By Stephen Garber   What you see is what you get – and what you get is what you see. And, there really is nothing, not one thing, that we

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